Gan Kunchik Gyamtso

“My passion for teaching has been inspired by my students. Every year I have 40 to 50 of them. There's always a strong bond between me and each and every one of them because I put all my energy and effort into helping them shape their futures. It's easy to forget nowadays that there is something more important and precious than being just academic. In our religion, we believe that your teacher is your 'guru', meaning the one who can lead you on the right path and bring light to an often dark world. There's no doubt that we live in an era of great technological and scientific advancement and that this, in some instances, has brought positive change to the world. But at the same time we are still lacking in moral education, humanity, respect, manners. These are really the things we should be practising on a daily basis.”

Gan Kunchik Gyamtso, 42, Tibetan Literature Professor, College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah, 26th April 2016.